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Originally Posted by Bingo
Injuries hurt his numbers as he had to adjust back to playing twice.
But I just took the last 50 games period.
And you could be right ... but he did get hurt.
(once again I'm all for locking him up)
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Coronato got a spike in ice starting December 10th. He had a few games before that where he got good ice, but he got around 18 a night after that. He put up 60-point pace from that game on.
Zary was getting big ice time until about November 29. He was pacing for 48 points. Zary's ice dipped quite a bit for about a month before he got hurt, and his numbers were still good in December despite around 15 a night vs 17. Even with a slight dip, he was still on pace for 46 points, but even at his best he wasn't producing like Coronato did. But he also has never had a month where he got 19 mins a game like Coronato has.
This issue with Zary not signed is more than likely coming down to ice time. If the Flames prefer to bridge him, if I was him, I would be wanting more ice to earn a big contract and, in his opinion, I bet he feels he deserves more ice.
This all comes down to having 11 top 9 forwards.
Zary also got off to a hot start and road those numbers for a few months before his ice dipped. He had 7 in the 1st 8 games and things started to slip.
This is why we should be trading him now. I just don't see him progressing into a player like Coronato has and with the log jam of players, a few players are going to struggles to produce with 13-14 minutes a game.
If we did sign him long term, I think that number needs to be less than $5.5 per year. 8 years, maybe ok a bit higher, but less than $6 mil